But the rush to the new voice frontier is not limited to the battle for the smart home and established enterprises are on the voice wagon in full force. At a recent fintech conference, Bank of America executives talked about Erica, an AI assistant it will introduce later this year, allowing consumers using the bank’s mobile app to chat via voice or text message. And Staples plans to turn its red “easy” button into an AI assistant powered by IBM’s Watson, helping you order office supplies by voice and text. “The conversational UI,” Hubspot’s Dharmesh Shah told me last year, “is going to be an even bigger leap in software than we had with the shift to Web-based software. We are all re-thinking now how to build products.”

To help with your chatbot information overload, here’s a handy list of numbers about the rising prominence of online messaging, voice interfaces, and having a conversation with your friendly AI assistant.

In 2017, 35.6 million Americans will use a voice-activated assistant device at least once a month. That’s a jump of 128.9% over last year (eMarketer)

Amazon’s Echo speaker will have 70.6% of users in 2017, with Google Home at 23.8% of the market (eMarketer)

The number of users of virtual assistants in the U.S. will grow 23.1% in 2017 (eMarketer)

60.5 million Americans will use Siri, Cortana or another virtual assistant at least once a month in 2017 (eMarketer)